U.S. Air Force Analysis of Flying Objects in the United States, 1-100

Saw the object from a point at Passois Lake, north of Nettley at about 0530 hours 13 Oct. The weather was clear with little wind and he watched it for about 30-40 seconds. It was more or less round in shape, orange-yellow in color with a flame or tail or flame and sparks at the rear. It appeared to travel at a rapid speed and not to be passing very high. He estimated a plane of equivalent size would be at the altitude of about 8000 feet and it seemed to disappear rather than explode. It was not a flare or rocket, comet or falling star and at no time was there any noise. While stationed on the British Columbia coast he had observed a number of Japanese balloons and while the object was fairly large it was not as large as one of those. COORDINATED REPORT: Robert Smith of 368 Bowman Ave., Memphis, reported the incident to the newspapers. He was with Spears when the sighting occurred.